It can be passed from great grandparents, or grandparents, or some other ancestors. Even hens can have the "Mean Gene", but it's more rare.
I suppose, their mom and sisters sure are/were pushy gals. They like to pinch the backs of my legs when I'm too slow measuring out the feed in the morning--OUCH!
Not sure why threads like this are even made...isnt this a chicken forum shouldn't we all be talking about chickens and nothing else....
We're... literally talking about chickens on the page you posted this?
On the snow we got, that amount of light is blindingly bright. Maybe it'll make the girls want to get back to work and give me more eggs...